Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor-Chapter 2240: Ice River Immortal Emperor
After the stunning female Immortal appeared in the square, she instantly became the focal point of all Immortals’ attention, and all those present rose, clasped their fists, and bowed, words of flattery pouring in like a tide.
The beautiful female Immortal listened to the Immortals’ congratulations, seemingly quite pleased, and smiled as she continually waved to the others.
Her lithe form was wrapped in a thin black veil, a silk ribbon cinched at the waist, and she moved elegantly and lightly. Her flowing dark hair draped over her shoulders, with a straight nose, red lips, and brows and eyes drawn as if in a painting, every move exuding boundless grace.
There was almost no sense of a presence or pressure of an Immortal from her, making her seem like a female Immortal of extremely low cultivation level.
If one were seeing her for the first time, they would never associate her with the renowned Ice River Immortal Emperor, one of the nine great domains of the Immortal Realm’s top eight supreme Immortal Emperors.
"Ice River Immortal Emperor..."
Fang Bai stood together with the Demon Slaying Immortal King and Iceflame Fairy, raised his head to look, his gaze fixed on that stunning female Immortal, and his pupils slightly contracted, with his fists involuntarily clenching within his sleeves.
The beautiful female Immortal was none other than the Ice River Immortal Emperor who ruled over Ice River Palace.
In Fang Bai’s eyes, the Ice River Immortal Emperor before him was even younger and more beautiful compared to a thousand years ago, her aura even more restrained.
Clearly, in this millennium, her cultivation had advanced significantly, reaching the realm of reversing age and returning to simplicity, as the Immortals say.
The Iceflame Fairy beside him seemed to sense Fang Bai’s anomaly, her beautiful eyes flowing, she glanced at him subtly.
Fang Bai, with his acute senses, immediately became alert, quickly returned to normal, while secretly admonishing himself that the greater the enemy, the more he must suppress the hatred in his heart, and must not reveal any flaw, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
The Ice River Immortal Emperor moved to the center of the square, sat on a high throne, looked down at the Immortals below, saw everyone standing respectfully, and nodded with satisfaction, smilingly saying, "My fellow Immortals, please be seated!"
Once everyone was seated, the Ice River Immortal Emperor then lightly chuckled and said, "I am flattered by the presence of you all here to celebrate my birthday. Today, I have specially prepared Immortal Fruit and Immortal Brew, please enjoy them together!"
At this point, she raised a cup of Immortal Brew in front of her, her cherry lips gently opened, and she crisply said, "I first toast all Immortals!"
In front of tens of thousands of Immortals, there were Immortal Fruits and Immortal Brew placed on tables, available for self-service.
Seeing the Ice River Immortal Emperor offer a toast, all the Immortals filled their cups with Immortal Brew, raised them high, and drank together with the Ice River Immortal Emperor.
As the Immortals enjoyed some Immortal Fruit and Immortal Brew, the atmosphere gradually became lively.
Many Immortal Sects and loose cultivators with good relations with the Ice River Palace began to come forward to present their gifts.
Those who received invitations from the Ice River Palace, more or less had some connections with the palace or the Ice River Immortal Emperor, and in order to please the Immortal Emperor or seek her guidance, they would go to great lengths to prepare gifts.
It didn’t matter if the gift was light, as sincerity was what counted. But if no gift was presented, it would definitely displease the disciples of Ice River Palace, who might take it as dissatisfaction or disrespect towards the Ice River Immortal Emperor.
Among the tens of thousands of gifts, there were all sorts of things, including cultivation resources like Immortal Pills and Immortal Artifacts from the Immortal Realm, as well as treasures from the Demon Realm and Monster Realm.
Each gift presented would be received by a disciple of the Ice River Palace, loudly announced in front of the Immortals, and then placed into a prepared Space Immortal Ring.
"Let’s go, let’s present our gifts too!"
The Demon Slaying Immortal King tugged at Fang Bai, got up from his seat, and walked toward the high platform where the Ice River Immortal Emperor was seated.
Fang Bai glanced at the Ice River Immortal Emperor, thought for a moment, then stood up and followed behind the Demon Slaying Immortal King.
"This humble one presents a Seven-Colored Ice Lotus, wishing the Ice River Immortal Emperor a happy birthday!"
The Demon Slaying Immortal King, with a genuinely respectful demeanor, held the Seven-Colored Ice Lotus in both hands, his face flushed with excitement and reverence, causing his voice to tremble slightly.
It was no wonder, for an Immortal King of his rank, although not weak among the Immortals, he was not even qualified to carry shoes for an elite Immortal Emperor like the Ice River Immortal Emperor. To be in such close proximity to her was thrilling beyond words.
"The Seven-Colored Ice Lotus is a treasure of the Demon Realm, rare and hard to obtain, significantly benefiting the cultivation of Immortals, with effects far surpassing that of Creation Pills. Hmm, not bad! The Demon Slaying Immortal King has been considerate! If you have time in the future, you may visit Ice River Palace as a guest, and we can explore the Dao of Cultivation together."
Seeing the disciple beside her receive the Seven-Colored Ice Lotus, the Ice River Immortal Emperor smiled and nodded at the Demon Slaying Immortal King.
Although she spoke of "exploring together," it actually meant she intended to guide the Demon Slaying Immortal King. Hearing this, he was overjoyed and repeatedly bowed in gratitude.
Other Immortals, seeing the Demon Slaying Immortal King receiving the opportunity for guidance from the Ice River Immortal Emperor, couldn’t help but feel envious, with hopes of their own.
"Burning Heaven Venerable, ten bottles of Nine Revolutions Rebirth Pill of Venerable grade!"
After the Demon Slaying Immortal King, Fang Bai presented his own gift, announced loudly by the disciple of Ice River Palace tasked with receiving gifts.
For an Immortal Venerable like Fang Bai, such a gift was not insignificant, but compared to the Demon Slaying Immortal King’s, it was far less impressive and was among the most ordinary of the tens of thousands of gifts presented.
As a result, the Ice River Palace disciple who announced the gift remained expressionless, clearly somewhat displeased.
The Ice River Immortal Emperor lifted her eyes to look at the "Burning Heaven Venerable" before her and with a smile asked, "Burning Heaven Venerable, we meet again. Have you considered the matter I mentioned to you before?"
Years ago, the Ice River Immortal Emperor had seen the Burning Heaven Venerable once and greatly admired this young Pill Master possessing a Dual Attribute Innate Spiritual Root, hoping he would join the Ice River Palace.
If it were any other Immortal, receiving an invitation from the Ice River Immortal Emperor might feel like an overwhelming honor, but the young and proud Burning Heaven Venerable did not wish to join any sect and be constrained, thus he refused the Ice River Immortal Emperor.
Though the Ice River Immortal Emperor felt unhappy, she appeared magnanimous on the surface, saying she wouldn’t insist and let him carefully consider the matter.
At this birthday feast, the Ice River Immortal Emperor once again extended an invitation to the Burning Heaven Venerable, hoping he would accept. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
Regarding the weight of Fang Bai’s gift, she was indifferent.
The Demon Slaying Immortal beside him looked at Fang Bai, repeatedly signaling him with his eyes, and transmitted, "What are you hesitating for? Quickly agree!"
The Demon Slaying Immortal considered himself friends with Fang Bai, thinking that if Fang Bai became a disciple of the Ice River Palace, perhaps he himself could benefit.
Little did he know that the Burning Heaven Venerable before him was not who he thought, and naturally would not agree.
"The Immortal Emperor’s kindness is beyond words. However, please allow me more time to consider..."
Fang Bai clasped his fists and bowed his head, apologetically said.
At the moment he lowered his head, a hint of mockery flashed in his eyes, thinking back to when he dominated the War Emperor like a dog, and now being expected to serve under her command, the idea was simply preposterous!
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